3 Reasons to kill Bill C-10, from Winnipeg
Across the country, people are speaking out against the astronomical cost and false reasoning behind this cruel crime Bill, C-10. In this video, John Hutton from the John Howard Society of Manitoba gives 3 crucial reasons to stop Bill C-10 from becoming law:
Mr. Hutton, like almost all criminologists and front-line workers, argues for 3 key reasons to oppose Bill C-10 as part of their “Time Does Not Stop Crime” protest campaign:
1) Preventative programs are more effective at fighting crime than blindly lengthening prison sentences; Bill C-10 contains no provisions to better fund prevention programmes, which the Harper Government has already started cutting;
2) Cost: in the US, the cost of running the prison system has gone up 600% in the last 30 years without any real impact on crime rates.
3) Social cost: The prison-focused system creates more and more social and economic inequalities;”Putting people in jail for longer periods of time keeps them away from their families and communities, and they’re away from their responsibilities, making it harder for them to reintegrate into society.”
“IN THE LONG RUN, YOU’RE PROBABLY CAUSING MORE CRIME WITH THIS BILL THAN YOU’RE GOING TO SOLVE.”
Check out www.johnhoward.mb.ca for more on Manitobans’ efforts to KILL THIS BILL!
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